Dundee City Council has approved changes in the catchment areas of five primary schools in the west of the city.
The boundary changes were agreed at a meeting of the council’s children and families services committee earlier this week and will affect the following schools:
- Ancrum Road Primary School
- Blackness Primary School
- Camperdown Primary School
- Tayview Primary School
- Victoria Park Primary School
The changes are due to come into effect in August 2022.
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Why are the catchment areas changing?
The changes to the catchment area of Ancrum Road Primary will increase the number of catchment priority one pupils attending the school.
Realigning the catchment area for Ancrum Road school to include some of the current Camperdown Primary School area will enable Ancrum Road to be more connected with the community it serves.
The realignment of Victoria Park Primary and Blackness Primary catchment areas will mean they are better suited to the locations of the schools.
This would place both schools into their own catchment areas and result in a greater majority of young people living within the relevant catchment area of the primary school they attend.
The revision will also potentially reduce the number of placing requests to Victoria Park Primary School from Blackness Primary School’s catchment.
Tayview Primary School was opened in 2017 to replace Gowriehill Primary School and Hillside Primary School and has operated below planned occupancy levels.
Additionally, since 2013 there has been a considerable increase in the number of new build houses within the catchment area and further housing developments planned.
Will siblings be able to attend the same school?
Siblings of those current catchment area pupils attending these primary schools in August 2022 would be given priority status to attend the same primary schools as long as their sibling was also attending the school at the point of enrolment.
